JP Rangaswami, has a background in economics and journalism and he has been a technology innovator and chief information officer for many leading financial firms. As an advocate for open source and disruptive technologies, Rangaswami has been a leading force in the success of multiple startups, including School of Everything,

In the following TED video, listen to Rangaswami tell us about how he thinks deeply (and hilariously) about disruptive data, and muses about our relationship to information, and offers a surprising and sharp insight: we treat it like food.

“Information, if viewed from the point of view of food, is never a production issue. … It’s a consumption issue, and we have to start thinking about how we create diets [and] exercise” – JP Rangaswami